From a screening of the 1925 classic silent film “The Phantom of the Opera,” complete with live organ accompaniment, to a showing of the newer classic and definitely not silent “Rocky Horror Picture Show” and Halloween karaoke, there are Halloween activities happening all over Kitsap County, starting this weekend.

Beginning at the north end of the county, here’s a look at some Halloween festivities.

Port Gamble:

• The town of Port Gamble is hosting a children’s Halloween celebration, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 31. The fun starts at The Dauntless Bookstore, where children will find games, crafts and treats. This is also the location to drop off a can of food for the local food bank as the price of admission.

Local stores are open for trick or treating all day.

Poulsbo:

• Poulsbo downtown merchants are hosting a Halloween Food Drive, 4-6 p.m. Oct. 31. They will be giving out candy, but they’re asking trick or treaters to make a non-perishable food donation in exchange for candy. All food gathered will go to the North Kitsap Fishline Food Bank. Front Street will be closed from 4-6 p.m. for the safety of the excited youngsters.

• The Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse, 19003 Front St., is hosting a “Great Pumpkin” carving get-together, 2-5 p.m. Oct. 29. Bring your pumpkin, carving tools and creativity.

• The Jewel Box Theatre presents an evening of “Ghost Stories and Urban Legends,” 7 p.m. Oct. 28 with spine-tingling tales by Kim Hart and Kathy Currie. The storytellers will do their best to spook the audience, then after an intermission with cider and cookies it’s the audience’s turn. Everyone is invited to share their best all-ages scary story. There will be prizes for best stories by kids and adults and a grand prize for Best Scare of the Night.

This event is recommended for families and children age 10 and over, or who don’t scare easily. Tickets at the door are $10 adults, $5 children. The theater is at 225 Iverson St., Poulsbo.

Silverdale:

• Those musical folks at Central Stage Theater of County Kitsap, aka CSTOCK, are staging a night of Halloween karaoke, 7-11 p.m. Oct. 28 at the theater, 9729 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 ages 18 and under, available at the Kitsap Mall information booth and at the door. Be sure to wear a costume, there will be a contest and prizes. It’s a good bet “The Monster Mash” will be in the songbook.

Bremerton:

• The Bremerton waterfront boasts the county’s only Halloween Haunted Ship, as the USS Turner Joy is turned into a house of horrors on the high seas. Well, low seas anyway. It is docked at the boardwalk. The ship is open 5-9 p.m. Oct. 27-29. Admission is $5 per person, suggested minimum age 8 and children must be accompanied by parent, guardian or older sibling.

• The Admiral Theatre, brought back from the dead several years ago, holds its Second Annual Monster Bash children’s Halloween party, 2 p.m. Oct. 28 at the theater, 515 Pacific Ave., Bremerton. The event is geared for children age 6 and younger, with food, games and prizes. The costume contest takes place on the main stage and there will be dancing to Halloween favorites and face painting.

Tickets are $6, with one adult admitted free with each paying child. Tickets are available at the box office or by calling (360) 373-6743.

• The Bremerton Community Theatre pulls out all the stops, literally, for two screenings of the 1925 silent movie horror masterpiece, “The Phantom of the Opera,” starring Lon Chaney. What makes this really special is that the theater’s massive 1922 pipe organ will rise up from beneath the orchestra pit to provide an authentic musical soundtrack for the film. It will be played by Seattle organist Hokum Jeebs, who specializes in this sort of thing.

Bob Montgomery, the organ’s caretaker, said “There’s nothing spookier than plain old organ music played with a spooky character on stage.” Or on screen.

The organ is a work of art which only makes an appearance about every five years. The last time the theater screened “The Phantom” was in 1999. Legend has it that this organ played the music for the classic movie during its original release.

Etymology lesson: The phrase “pull out all the stops” comes from literally pulling out the stops on a pipe organ in order to increase the airflow and therefore the volume.

“The Phantom of the Opera” will be shown at 7 p.m. on Oct. 27 and 28 at the theater, 599 Lebo Blvd., Bremerton.

Tickets are $8 adults, $4 ages 12 and under, available at the box office, by phone at (360) 377-5152 and at the door.

•Olympic Cinemas, the recently renovated four-plex movie theater at 1520 NE Riddell Rd., is hosting a second screening of “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” the 1975 classic, campy, horror cult movie starring young and slim Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick. The showing will feature a “shadow cast” performance by Sadistic Creatures, a group of local actors who perform the movie in costume on stage while it plays behind them. The audience is encouraged to come in costume as well — this is interactive theater at its finest.

“Rocky” will be shown at 11:30 p.m. Oct. 27.

Tickets are $6.50 and can be purchased in advance at the theater box office.

•It’s not officially a Halloween event, but some folks think the annual Lutefisk and Meatball Buffet at the Bremerton Sons of Norway Oslo Lodge Oct. 29 is pretty bizarre. Belly up to the buffet, or smorgasboard, to get your fill of boiled lye-soaked cod, potatoes, lefse and meatballs. The concurrent Ladies Club Bazaar features homebaked Scandinavian goodies and handmade crafts.

Both events run 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the lodge, 1018 18th St. Cost for the meal is $15 adults, $5 ages 6-12.

Port Orchard:

• The Port Orchard Library offers a Halloween program for adults with an appearance by local true crime author Gregg Olsen, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at the library, 87 Sidney Ave. Olsen presents a slide show and discusses his book “Starvation Heights,” which is about Olalla killer Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard.

Manchester:

• The Manchester Library, 8067 E. Main St., features a kinder, gentler Halloween, with non-spooky stories, games, crafts and treats, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 28. Adult supervision required, costumes welcome.

Bainbridge Island:

•Downtown merchants welcome trick or treaters from 4-6 p.m. on Halloween and Winslow Way will be closed to traffic during that time. There will be live music and hot cider at the Gazebo on Winslow Green, as well as scary organ music broadcast from the Eagle Harbor Church.

•IslandWood offers pumpkin carving and painting (bring your own pumpkin), storytelling, vegetable creature creation and a night hike in the woods Oct. 29.

The festivities run from 4-6 p.m. with the night hike, for older children, from 6-7 p.m.

Suggested donation is $5 per person or $10 per family. Register in advance at www.islandwood.org or (206) 855-4300.

•Bainbridge Performing Arts presents “The River Boys,” an original Halloween story told by the creator, Bob McAllister on Halloween.

The story is appropriate for ages 8 and up, and is based on true events from a Halloween night in 1953 that turned from innocent fun to scary horror.

McAllister received the Island Treasure Award in 2001 and has acted and directed in plays for 40 years. He currently teaches English and Theater at Bainbridge High School.

“The River Boys” will be staged at 7 p.m. Oct. 31 at The Playhouse, 200 Madison Ave. N. Tickets are $10 general admission, available at the box office, by phone at (206) 842-8569 or online at www.theplayhouse.org.

•The Historic Lynwood Theatre is also showing “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Advance tickets are available at the theater, 4563 Lynwood Center Rd.